“It is really the vibrant colour and sensuality of the images – which also define the man’s films – that really make this a collection worth having for any Almodvar enthusiast… However, the collection is certainly much more than an opulent (and expensive) super-magazine destined for the Bauhaus coffee tables of those who have such things because to say that the quality of the writing is generally secondary to the photography undermines the books major and most enthralling asset – Almodóvar himself. Almodóvar’s presence – his wit and his passion – pervades both the photography and the text, writing with all the humor, fluency and splendor that we’ve come to expect from his films. At times and especially in the later, more contemplative pieces his self-deprecation, anecdotes and the passion he possesses for spontaneity, his casts and cinema came to remind me of Luis Buñuel – the director Almodóvar refers to as “maestro” – and his fantastic autobiography “My Last Sigh,” which is one of many features Almodóvar’s writing shares with his films. “— Filmwerk, Harrow, Großbritannien

“For nearly a quarter of a century, Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar has been the enfant terrible of international cinema. With an eyepopping colorful, flamboyant style, he has consistently been ahead of the cultural curve with films about women, gay men and lesbians, cross dressers and transsexuals…Celebrating his new 400-page photography book, The Pedro Almodovar Archive TASCHEN, Almodovar sat down with The Post at his own party – waving across the room at the striking Rossy de Palma, one of his first muses – to discuss two of the most memorable stills in the collection.”— The New York Post, New York, USA

“The acclaimed auteur, known best for his stylish films that give outsiders their due, has given TASCHEN access to a trove of never-before-seen images for this rich survey of his cinematic world, which features his own words as well as those of prominent Spanish authors in celebration of all that is Almodóvar.”— Moderntonic.com